That last nominalization repeats a pattern we've seen before—packing information (including new processes and things) into a seemingly endless series of qualifiers. It's worth taking a moment to look at the qualifiers and see how they could be broken down into even smaller pieces.

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But what was most striking about his work was that Stead located the source of American power less in the realm of military might or territorial acquisition than in the country’s single-minded commitment to the “pursuit of wealth” and the relentless international spread of American culture—art, music, journalism, even ideas about religion and gender relations.

But what was most striking about his work was that Stead located the source of American power less in the realm of military might or territorial acquisition than in the country’s single-minded commitment to the “pursuit of wealth” and the relentless international spread of American culture—art, music, journalism, even ideas about religion and gender relations.